APPENDIX. UKPORT OF THE COUXCIL. 59 



FINANCE. 



The report of the Treasurer shows a small surplus of receipts 



over expenditures : 



Balance froni last year $ 52 31 



Dues collected ... ." 84 00 



Government grant 125 00 



Interest on investment 144 00 



Other items . 31 30 



$430 61 

 Cnrrent expenses 374 87 



Balance $61 74 



LECTURES AND ESSAYS. 



During the year eleven meetings of the Societ}^ were held, 

 at which the following papers were read : 



1895. 

 Jan. 15 Recent Discoveries in the Pre-cambrian Rocks of Brit- 

 tany. Annual address of President, Geo. F. 

 Matthew. 

 Feb. 5 The Geological History of the Vertebrates. Philip 



Cox, Ph. D. 

 March 4 The Eskimo and his Origin. H. G. Addv, M. D. 



19 Teredo Notes. By E. T. P. Shewen, C. E. Published 

 in Report of Public Works Department of Canada, 

 pp. 245-250, 1896. 

 April 2 (1) The Outlets of the River St. John. By Robert 

 Chalmers, 

 (2) Points in the Geology of the St. John River Valley. 

 By Professor L, W. Bailey. 

 May 7 The Volcanic Rocks of the Maritime Provinces. By 

 Wm. D. Matthew. (Published in Bulletin XIII, 

 1895). 

 June 4 The Adaptations of Plants to Locomotion. By W. F. 



Ganong. (Published in Bulletin XIII, 1895). 

 Oct. 9 Report on Sununer Camp held at Lepreau. By Geo. F. 

 Matthew, Geo. L^. Hav and W. F. Ganong. 

 (Put)lished in Bulletin "XIII, 1895). 

 Nov. 5 (1) The Chemical and Microscopical Examination of 

 Blood. Bv W. F. Best. 

 (2) The Unsuitability of the Bay of Fundy for Oyster 

 Culture. By Samuel W. Kiin. 

 Dec. 3 Egypt and the Monuments. By Mrs. Emma Fiske. 



1896. 

 Jan. 7 (1) Trinidad. By J. V.Ellis, Jr. 



(2) Note on the Occurrence of the Long Billed Marsh 



Wren near St. .John. By John Brittain. 



(3) Note upon the "Gun Reports" heard upon our 



southern coast. By W. F. Ganong. 



